A Message to President Obama… . Finally! Definitive proof that, even at the subconscious level, V’ger Brane here is a total, utter, unrepentant smartass. (Not that there was really any doubt left, but still…) Right before I woke up today, I dreamed someone was doing a political survey for the Obama campaign; called me [happened […]
Move Your Money!
The Entitled Ones are always saying: “Let the market decide.” We of The 99% reply: “You want it, you got it.” Put your money to work in your own community. Stop feeding the beasts. Move Your Money!
Wall Street Cry Babies
. The FBI began using the word ‘epidemic’ to describe mortgage fraud in September of *2004* predicting that it would cause an economic crisis if it were not contained. Greenspan, Bernanke, and Geithner knew exactly where we were headed, but failed to take action. The highrollers were having waaay too much fun sitting at the gambling tables […]
Bush Will Pardon Himself
Last week’s historical election was a great accomplishment, but it is only the first step in reclaiming our nation and re-establishing a government which is truly of, by, and for We The People. Our job is not done. In the midst of the Great Depression of the 30s, several titans of American industry approached General […]
What if…
…specific, established facts were reversed in the Obama/Biden vs McCain/Palin presidential race? If John McCain were a former president of the Harvard Law Review; and Barack Obama had finished fifth from the bottom of his graduating class… If McCain had only married once; and Obama were the divorcee… If Obama were the candidate who […]
Of Pitchforks and Panics
First, some words of wisdom from Abraham Lincoln, on January 11, 1837 ~ “It is an old maxim and a very sound one, that he that dances should always pay the fiddler. Now, sir, in the present case, if any gentlemen, whose money is a burden to them, choose to lead off a dance, I […]
Why Impeach Now?
Many reasonable people believe that seeking the impeachment of the Deluded Decider (and his Dastardly Dick) at this late date would be a foolish waste of time; however, I respectfully disagree, for the following reasons: 1. Vincent Bugliosi, John Dean, Elizabeth Holtzman, Dave Lindorff & Barbara Olshansky, and others have fully documented the impeachable high […]
Truly Creative Destruction
As mentioned on my Bush/Cheney Administration page, in a country where the economy crumbles due in large part to a criminally fraudulent “creative financial products” bubble-burst — as home values plummet, bridges collapse, hardworking people max out their plastic just to cover necessities, and many families end up sleeping in their cars or on the streets […]